The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-18
DENOUNCED IN THE PULPIT
DR.. Mcleod Speaks Plainly About the
Grand Jury's Failure To Do Its Duty.
Rededication of the Eleventh Presbyterian
Church Last EVENING" Sermon by Rev.
NJ. L. Haines to Business Men.


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At the Second Presbyterian Church. yesterday
morning, DR.. Mcleod, who for several Sunday.
has been preaching upon the Decalogue, took as
his subject the Ninth commandment. his text
being:
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh
bor-Exodus Xxx, 16 @@ 81
A true witness deliverethsouls but deceitfu wit
ness speaketh hfss4Proverbs xiv %.
Sneak ye every man the truth to his nelsnoor-
Zechariah viii, t. .eo
At one place in his sermon the Doctor came
somewhat near the Marion county grand jury.
He said: As to the perjury committed in
courts of justice or by public servants, it is to
be hoped that the amount charged is greatly
exaggerated If one half of what we hear be
true then are brought face to face with the
fact that attempts are too often made to poison
justice at its very fountain. The public prints
are not slow to charge judges. magistrates. leg
islators and minor public officers with a viola
ton of their oaths. If these charges be false
those who make them guilty of high
crime, and they ought to be surely punished.
If, on the other hand, they be true. then
these officers of justice are themselves
guilty of perjury. A partial judge or
magistrate is periurer. for he has
sworn that he will be impartial and that he will
with uneven hand. An executive Off
Ger juror, who through fear. or favor, or
bribery, or any other cause, is induced to vio-
late his oath, or who refuses to do what he SOL
EMMY swore he would do is as truly periurer
as is the witness who falsely and mAlciousiy
swears against his neiehbor in a court of just
ice. peri urer is one who seeks to defeat the
ends of justice. He is who lies not only
unto man, but unto God Perjury and suborna-
tion of perjury are crimes of peculiar infamy,
and those who are guilty of such crimes are
among the worst foes of society"
Rehabilitation of the Eleventh Church
Despite the storm the Eleventh Presbyterian
Church, which has just changed its name to the
Olive-street Church, was filed last night the
occasion being it's twelfth anniversary and re-
dedicatory services This struggling church,
which few months ago almost ceased to live.
has, by effort, taken new life and vigor.
and has every reason to expect a long and
prosperous career. DR.. Mcleod of the Second
Presbyterian Church. had general charge of the
services. the pastor, Rev. n. S. Dickey. Dr. Ed
son, OF the Memorial Church. and Rev. R. V.
Hunter, of the Seventh Presbyterian Church.
| assisting in the exercises, together with the
choir of the Seventh Church. The church has
been beautifully reftted. the altar deco
rated with flowers, and the new addition to the
body remarked. took the closest interest in all
| the exercises, and in every way behaved admir-
| ably. Mr.. Hunter read, as the Scripture lesson,
| ii Corinthians, v, commenting briefly upon The
| reading
The pastor Rev. N s. Dickey, made a well
| coming address to the visitors from the other
churches present. and spoke of obliga lions which
| the church was under for various contributions.
He said the first house dedicated by DR..
| Withrow, of the Second Church, and that it was
| fitting that DR.. Mcleod, of that same church,
| should dedicate the changed and improved rooms
| and that the church under special debt to
| the pastor of the Memorial Church. DR.. Edison.
| He also thanked the session and members Of the
| Seventh Church.
Elder Mcpherson then gave brief statemen
| OF the finances and a brief sketch of the church.
| The church was organized April Is. 1875. in the
| old school-house on Shelby street. south of Pleas
ant run. 1t received into membership from the
| Seventh Presbyterian Church twenty-four per-
| sons and on profession of faith three persons,
| having in its organization twenty seven mem
| bers After more than year Of worship in the
| old school-house the congregation succeeded in
| buying lot anc building the present house, to
| which they moved IN the summer of 1876. The
number of persons received into membership
since the church was first organized is 1885, of
| which thirty-six were received by letter from
| other churches and l23 on profession of faith.
/ OF this number 103 have taken letters OF dismis-
| SAL seven have died and others have left There
! are yet belonging to the church ffty-two mem
bers, sixteen OF whom have entered into mem
| bership in the last few weeks, seven by letters
| and nine on profession of faith, the sixteen new
| members having come in under the ministry of
| the present pastor. The addition to the church.
| the infant room, together with repaperine the
| church, carpeting and repairs amount to $3.50. 40
| DR.. Mcleod announced that this little church
| had paid this debt all but S75. and in pleasant
| speech called for cash and subscriptions to lift
the debt Dr. Wshard and Thos. II. Spann TAX
| ing up the collection. In a few minutes the
amount was raised, and the Olive street Presby-
| terrain Church made free of debt. DIR. Edison
| thought that the church was starting in at the
right time-the prosperous moment when nat
| ural gas about to be struck. He thought
the survival of that church fine illustration of
the fact that it was hard to kill Presbyterian
| church.
church on its encouraging outlook, after which
DR.. Edison pronounced the benediction
Sermon to Business Men.
On the subject of s'Modern Thievery,n Rev.
NJ L. Haines, last evening, preached at the
First Presbyterian Church from the text,
"Whoso is partner with thief hateth his own
soul. He heareth the adjuration and uttereth
nothing. Proverbs xxx, a. In this book of
Proverbs, said Mr. Haines, the character and
conduct of pen in business life is largely dwelt
upon In answer to an inquiry for the best
book for young business man to read New
York journal recently recommended as the best
single treatise the New Testament, and next to it
the book of Proverbs. of Solomon. In it Solomon
gives counsel about going security, the prompt
payment of wages, the laws of fair dealing be-
tween man and man, between master and
servant, between buyer and seller and about
various articles. frauds and tricks in trade The
book has a slHguiarly case application to many
phases OF business life IN the nineteenth CEN
fvrWVv IN e.